NHS boss urges PM to fix social care crisis so OAPs get 'dignity in old age'

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NHS chief warns Boris Johnson to fix social crisis within a year so elderly are given 'dignity in old age'

Sir Simon, 54, wants a “properly resourced adult social care system with proper workforce support”.Mr Johnson was elected on a pledge to launch cross-party talks on the issue within 100 days of the vote — but he has failed to act more than six months on.Yet, he has not set out details and warned that the new system could take years to implement.

“I hope by the time we are sitting down next year, on the 73rd birthday of the NHS, we have been able to answer how we’re going to fund and provide high-quality social care for my parents’ generation. The reality is, after at least two decades of talking, we do not have a fair and properly resourced adult social care system with a proper set of workforce supports.

“If you have a quarter of your social care staff on zero-hours contracts, when you have a one-third churn in employment each year, that is not the preconditions for being able to provide high-quality care.”to the post-War period, Sir Simon added: “The founders of the NHS did not hesitate. They said, ‘Let one of the legacies of the war be the creation of the NHS’.

“That’s the same legacy we need for long-term care coming out of coronavirus.” William Beveridge, founder of the UK’s welfare state, devised a Five Giants blueprint after World War Two.Rishi Sunak urged to give £500 vouchers to spend in high street shopsHOUSING BOOSTTwo million people 'will be unemployed by Xmas 2021' unless Govt takes actionFUN IN THE SUNSir Simon said: “If Beveridge were writing his report today, he would talk about a sixth, which is dignity in old age.

Downing Street on Sunday refused to set a timetable for its plan but said it could come before the end of July.Brits to clap and cheer our NHS heroes on service’s 72nd birthday

 

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Why should they care about the elderly when they’re cash cows for the private sector most of them rotten to the core & not fit for purpose...Elderly care, social care, mental health etc should all be under the NHS banner a public service for which we all pay for via NI & taxes

He can't fix his hair let alone the NHS. Who combs their hair with a toffee apple anyway.

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